Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 09:24:26 -0500 (EST) From: "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@nickelkid.com> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> Cc: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Microsoft go it right ;-) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001180917110.7990-100000@cornflake.nickelkid.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001180436100.4688-100000@moo.sysabend.org>
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Jamie Bowden wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, Brooks Davis wrote: > > :"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not > :have, nor do they deserve, either one" > : --Thomas Jefferson > > Quick comment on your .sig. Unless Jefferson paraphrased Franklin, you've > munged the quote and misattributed it. They all said it, in one form or another, around the same time. I've seen at least a dozen different versions of the above quote, but the only one I've seen with a citation was this one: "They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin.
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